Qi Gong Workshops 2024
🏷 €105 (includes an organic / vegetarian lunch)
📍 De Loft, Central Ostend (TBD based on # of participants)
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✍️ Write or call us to register or for more info
🛌 Contact us for accommodation options
🗣 Instructions are in English and simple Dutch
what you'll learn
You will learn and perfect your Qigong/Taiji posture, connect to your center Dan Tian, develop and strengthen your structure and roots, discover and improve the open energy flow, clarify the yin and yang phases of the and tune in to the movements natural unhindered way of Qi.
We will pair up to practice and physically experience the connection to our center and the ground, and to help each other feel the openness of joints. We will enjoy the feeling of our unobstructed life energy!
your instructor
Zuzanna Jikō Grzywacz began training taijiquan and qigong in 2005. She since had the chance and privilege to practice with Masters Yang Jwing Ming, Howard Choy and Master Sam Chin.
She also practiced for 6 years under the guidance of Piotr Ziemba (former head of TaijiQuan and QiGong Federation for Europe and member of Chen Xiao Wang World Taijiquan Association) and served as his teaching assistant.
these workshops are for you, too
This workshop is dedicated to both beginners and those who have practiced qigong for years. Your structure, roots, and connection between all energetic and physical centers of your body are the foundation of correct Qigong.
We will explore this thoroughly and carefully during our workshop.
when, and how to register
Workshops are organized based on the interest and demand of our participants.
The next workshop is planned for
Saturday and Sunday, November 26 and 27
or December 10 and 11
Simply register by calling us or sending a message.
program & pricing
Saturday 10:00 – 12:00 |meal&rest| 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 – 12:00 |meal&rest| 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
The early bird cost (if you register by November 20) is 125€ for the whole weekend, which includes two vegetarian organic meals.
The registration cost after November 20 is €135.
You can simply pay cash or via Payconiq upon arrival for the weekend.
The exact program (subject to slight changes):
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Warm up and stretch
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Principles of Tao
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Yin and Yang elements of our body and their function
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Structure and root exercises
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Waking up the Qi
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Yang Style QiGong movements
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Breathing exercises – reverse (Taoist) breathing, abdominal breathing, DanTian breathing
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Energy expansion Peng and how to use it in QiGong
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Energy absorption Lu and how to use it in QiGong
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Peng Lu Ji An (Expand, Absorb, Squeeze and Push)
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Coordinating and harmonizing the neigong and waigong – the internal and the external
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Spirals and spheres
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Chen Style Qi Gong movement
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Vase and a Tree Holding Form
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Awareness of the bones, joints, tendons, and fascia.
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Standing Qi Gong practice
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Front, side, and back awareness
Zuzanna (Jikō)
what is qi gong?
My name is Zuzanna Grzywacz. I've been a practicing massage therapist since 2004. This is when I also began six years of study in Chinese martial arts (including Taiji Quan, I Liq Quan, and Qi Gong).
Having discovered that my healing skills were helpful to many of my fellow students experiencing muscle pain, joint pain, or any kind of tiredness and discomfort, I decided to deepen my knowledge, broaden the tools and learn more about classic and Chinese massage.
In 2010 I went to Japan to study under Master Shodo Harada where I practiced Zen for over a decade and received the name Jiko, which means "to cultivate compassion".
During my time in Japan I was introduced to ReiHo - ReiKi, an intuitive energy healing with an emphasis on the state of mind of the person giving, as well as the one receiving, a treatment. I studied with ReiHo Master Taeko Yamamuro for three years.